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February 2016
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Sean McElwee examines how the wealthy control the U.S.' political system, while public opinion plays far too little role in policy choices:A comprehensive study…
Feb. 26: How capitalists are giving greed a bad name.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/live/2016/feb/22/john-pilger-webchat-the-new-rulers-of-the-worldJohn Pilger is one of the great journalists of our time. (And our time doesn't have many of them.)_________________________________________________________...
Reader comment on BC Clean Energy Act
A regular reader provided this comment to the preceding article. Hugh explains that the capture of BC's public utility by selfish profiteers was a carefully considered manoeuvre. In the end,…
The owner of Best Western 7 Oaks Hotel in Regina assaults peaceful picketers
Support workers at Best Western Seven Oaks Tell the owner of Best Western Seven Oaks in Regina to stop bullying workers and get back to the bargaining table. Watch the…
The owner of Best Western 7 Oaks Hotel in Regina assaults peaceful picketers
Support workers at Best Western Seven OaksTell the owner of Best Western Seven Oaks in Regina to stop bullying workers and get back to the bargaining table. Watch the video…
The owner of Best Western 7 Oaks Hotel in Regina assaults peaceful picketers
Support workers at Best Western Seven OaksTell the owner of Best Western Seven Oaks in Regina to stop bullying workers and get back to the bargaining table. Watch the video…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law. Today we're talking about Wills and Estates. #willsandestates #torontolawyers #wiselaw #torontoA video posted by @wiselaw on Feb 26, 2016 at 12:08pm PST…
The owner of Best Western 7 Oaks Hotel in Regina assaults peaceful picketers
Support workers at Best Western Seven OaksTell the owner of Best Western Seven Oaks in Regina to stop bullying workers and get back to the bargaining table. Watch the video…
If I Were a Greater Sudbury Council Member, Here’s What I’d Ask About Maley Drive
The Scene: Council Chambers, immediately before Staff are to give their presentation on the Maley Drive Extension - Phase 1 Business Case Report. The Mayor, acting as Chair of the…
If I Were a Greater Sudbury Council Member, Here’s What I’d Ask About Maley Drive
The Scene: Council Chambers, immediately before Staff are to give their presentation on the Maley Drive Extension - Phase 1 Business Case Report. The Mayor, acting as Chair of the…
What Rules do Harper and Trump follow??
Watching the gradual deterioration of rightwing politics into racism, extremism, and economic and environmental disaster, it is surely shocking how easily, here in the 21st century, the bugs crawl out…
Ezra Levant’s Hearing Before Alberta Law Society Has Been…
...postponed while they consider his application to resign. Sounds like he wants to swing a trade; he'll quit if he exits with a clean slate. In the end, though, he…
Put The Money Where It Will Do the Most Good
That's the advice of Dylan Marando, who, like many others, has come to the conclusion that tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations just means greater wealth accrual and dividend…
Health Care and the Budget: Not Much
Health care and hospital funding: Despite significant new revenue and lower than expected debt costs, health care spending is almost exactly identical to the amounts planned in last year’s Budget…
LawFact of the Day
Please contact us at 416-972-1800 to request an initial consultation without fee or obligation regarding your legal requirements. #torontolawyers #wiselaw #toronto #personalinjurylawyer #personalinjury #slipandfallA video posted by @wiselaw on Feb…
Finding out the truth on Cap and Trade.
It is like you are saving the world one added tax at a time. Only politicians would believe that the refineries and gas providers would be constrained from polluting by…
BC Hydro’s 3rd quarter FY 2016 report
According to BC Hydro's report for the nine months ended December 31, 2015, domestic consumption of electricity is down 2.2% from the same period 10 years prior.That we've had stable…
Things are THAT bad #nlpoli
David Thompson is an independent economist in the same way that Jerry Earle and Wayne Lucas are independent human resource consultants.But the problem isn’t that CBC couldn’t make a factual…